Eye Transmits to Brain at Ethernet Speed (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 28, 8:15 AM ET Using a retina plucked from the eye of guinea pigs as a model, scientists estimate that our eyes transmit visual information to our brains at about the same rate as an Ethernet connection. The finding is detailed in the July issue of the journal Current Biology. The guinea pig retina was placed in a dish and made to "watch" movies containing four types of biological motion, such as a salamander swimming in a tank of water. ...